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Archive for June, 2009

As part of Scott Kelby’s second-annual worldwide photowalk Adobe is leading the charge with four walks of our own, hosted and joined by members of the Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge or Camera Raw teams. Space is limited so sign up quickly to walk and shoot with Adobe’s digital imaging team:

Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2. These updates include camera support for the following models:

Canon EOS 500D (Digital Rebel T1i/EOS Kiss X3 Digital)

Canon PowerShot SX1 IS

Epson R-D1x

Hasselblad CF-22

Hasselblad CF-22MS

Hasselblad CF-39

Hasselblad CF-39MS

Hasselblad CFH-22

Hasselblad CFH-39

Hasselblad CFV

Hasselblad 503CWD

Hasselblad H2D-22

Hasselblad H2D-39

Hasselblad H3D-22

Hasselblad H3D-31

Hasselblad H3D-39

Hasselblad H3DII-22

Hasselblad H3DII-31

Hasselblad H3DII-39

Hasselblad H3DII-39MS

Hasselblad H3DII-50

Kodak EasyShare Z980

Nikon D5000

Olympus E-450

Olympus E-620

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1

Pentax K-7

Sigma DP2

Sony A230

Sony A330

Sony A380

Note: Hasselblad support is for the 3FR file format only. The Hasselblad FFF file format is not currently supported.

Lightroom 2.4 Bug Fixes

The Lightroom 2.4 update includes several bug fixes. The following is a list of items FIXED in this release.

Web galleries with a Collection Title of six characters would not export or upload

The crop aspect ratio could revert to the last selected ratio even when reset to original

The crop aspect ratio in Quick Develop could be lost after a crop adjustment

The crop aspect ratio lock could be lost after an orientation switch

Images could preview incorrectly when imported using the MTP/PTP USB protocol

Sony .ARW files may not have been recognized by Lightroom’s import dialog

The Japanese language configuration of Lightroom on Mac OS X 10.5 could fail to switch to the print module if the HP B9180 was set as the default printer

Metadata options that are intended for use were dimmed incorrectly when exporting DNG files

The Japanese language configuration of Lightroom on Mac OS X was missing a shortcut for “Zoom Out”

Several translation and shortcut corrections were made for the eight additional languages introduced with Lightroom 2.3

New Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 DNG Options

This release includes new DNG Compatibility conversion options. These choices help address the additional options available with the new DNG 1.3 Specification (http://www.adobe.com/dng):

Camera Raw 2.4 and later: The DNG file will be readable by Camera Raw 2.4 (Photoshop CS) and later, and Lightroom 1.0 and later

Camera Raw 4.1 and later: The DNG file will be readable by Camera Raw 4.1 (Photoshop CS3) and later, and Lightroom 1.1 and later. The DNG file will often be readable by earlier versions, depending on the camera model

Camera Raw 4.6 and later: The DNG file will be readable by Camera Raw 4.6 (Photoshop CS3) and later, and Lightroom 2.1 and later. The DNG file will often be readable by earlier versions, depending on the camera model

Camera Raw 5.4 and later: The DNG file will be readable by Camera Raw 5.4 (Photoshop CS4) and later, and Lightroom 2.4 and later. The DNG file will often be readable by earlier versions, depending on the camera model

Custom: (Not available in Lightroom 2.4)

Backward Version Option: DNG 1.1, DNG 1.3 (default 1.3)

Checkbox: Linear (demosaiced) (default unchecked)

Checkbox: Uncompressed (default unchecked)

DNG 1.3 Specification Update

The DNG specification has been updated to version 1.3.[LINK] The update includes the following changes:

In Chapter 2, “DNG Format Overview”, the section on Defective Pixels has been updated

The section on Opcode Lists has been added to Chapter 2, “DNG Format Overview”

The CFALayout tag has been updated in Chapter 4, “DNG Tags”.

Additional Tags for Version 1.3.0.0 were added to Chapter 4, “DNG Tags”

Chapter 7, “Opcode List Processing” was added.

“Appendix A: Compatibility with Previous Versions” was updated.

The additional "Opcode Lists" allow complex processing to be moved off the camera hardware, which can have limited processing power, and into the DNG reader, which is often running on more powerful hardware. This also allows processing steps to be specified, such as lens corrections, which ideally should be performed on the image data after it has been demosaiced, while still retaining the advantages of a raw mosaic data format.